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Giving the state financial incentives to convict and imprison people has some pretty obvious possible second-order effects. You can see them all over the world,
by el_benhameen 3y ago
Giving the state financial incentives to convict and imprison people has some pretty obvious possible second-order effects. You can see them all over the world, from the growth of for-profit prisons in the US to forced labor in Xinjiang. Once the state or a state-associated entity profits from convictions, they have all the reason in the world to increase the rate of convictions.
- radicaldreamer 3y agoPeeled garlic is almost an entirely prison labor driven industry in China and is exported all over the world
- powerapple 3y agoDamn. I didn't know that. Chinese people will never buy peeled garlic. I once saw a machine to peel garlic, basically roll garlics in a container and the skins will come off automatically. I wonder if it can works out cheaper and kill this industry.
- infotainment 3y agoYup, it's always the second order effects that will get you in these criminal justice discussions. The idea seems great until you think it fully through.